Skinner, Bruce James (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-22

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Robert Low Skinner and Mary Teresa Skinner, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.

Spouse:

Home: Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNZAF

Unit

1 CNS- Central Navigation School

Base

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

425199

Home
Google MapDevonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Memorial Location
Google MapOttawa War Memorial
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1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba. Anson I aircraft 6888 was on a navigation training exercise when it crashed in Lake Manitoba nine miles west of Oak Point, Manitoba

Sergeant BJ Skinner (RNZAF) was missing, presumed killed. Sergeant Skinner has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial

Please see Daubner, HA for complete casualty list and detail

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Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 6888

Leading Aircraftman Eric Percival Bagster RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Bagster, Eric Percival (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Flight Sergeant Herbert Andrew Jr Daubner RCAF

Flight Sergeant Daubner, Herbert Andrew Jr (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Cranberry Cemetery, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Bruce James Skinner RNZAF

Sergeant Skinner, Bruce James (RNZAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Peter Stewart RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Stewart, Peter (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-June-22
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6888

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-June-22. Anson I s/n 6888.

This accident involved 4 people. Skinner BJ, Stewart P, Daubner HA, Bagster EP

This accident had 4 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Herbert Andrew Jr Daubner RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/122379 Anson 6888, Leading Aircraftman Peter Stewart RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1545453 Anson 6888, Sergeant Bruce James Skinner RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:425199 Anson 6888, Leading Aircraftman Eric Percival Bagster RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1806807 Anson 6888

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